Job and Internship Opportunities Announcements

This page is for job and internship opportunities from within and outside of the NREM Department. Postings will be deleted once application periods are over. 

 




  • Internal Opportunities
  • External Job Opportunities
  • External Internships Opportunities
  • External Assistantship Opportunities
  • External Postdoc Opportunities

Internal Opportunities

Junior or Assistant Extension Agent (Moku Resilience Stewardship Coordinator) - 5 positions available.

The Moku Resilience Stewardship Coordinator will oversee and coordinate resilience and adaptation activities within a specific moku (socio-ecological region) as part of a larger initiative aimed at promoting community empowerment, holistic resource stewardship, and climate change adaptation.

  • This role involves working closely with state and county government agencies, academia, non-profits, local communities, Indigenous leaders, cultural practitioners, and 'aina stewards to enhance biocultural stewardship and resilience in the face of climate change.
  • The coordinators will also work closely with the UH Manoa Native Hawaiian Place of Learning Office to expand engagement around helping communities be reflective of Hawaiian language, history, and culture for all people to learn, grow, and connect.
  • Activities will span a range of resilience and stewardship actions intended to reinvigorate the moku system including: (1) conserving and restoring forests and watersheds, (2) enhancing regional community-based coastal stewardship, (3) restoring marine abundance, (4) sharing knowledge and strengthen networks across communities, (5) reducing risk and improving disaster resilience, and (6) advancing community governance.

For the full list of duties, responsibilities, and requirements, please visit this link.

Application review begins on October 28 and will continue until the position is filled.

 

Internal Internship Opportunities

CTAHR INTERNSHIPS

Interested in an internship program that focuses on agriculture, food production, nutrition, resource management, and more? Find more information below!

https://internships.ctahr.hawaii.edu/

 

KUPU Year-Round Internship with the Teaching Change Partnership

This KUPU year-round membership opportunity is for people that love Hawai'i and are interested in learning how to lead Bioculturally-grounded conservation experiences for middle and high school students.

As part of your KUPU experience, you will: 

  • Learn how to lead overnight conservation education programs at the Hakalau
    Forest National Wildlife Refuge and the Puʻuwaʻawaʻa Dry Forest.
  • Help plan conservation education events including the Biocultural Blitz in
    Puʻuwaʻawaʻa and Earth Dayʻs Conservation Career Day on the UH-Hilo Campus.
  • Understand how to weave biocultural stewardship, climate change, and place-based
    learning into programming for Hawaiʻi Island Youth and their teachers.
    In the process, you will make great professional connections, earn $18,000, and receive a
    $5,000 education award.

To learn more about our programs: https://www.teaching-change.org/

For questions/ more information, please contact tchange@hawaii.edu.

Internal Job Opportunities

 

Environmental Engineer 1 - CDM Smith 

  • Bachelor's degree in Civil, Environmental or Chemical Engineering or related discipline
  • This position presents an excellent opportunity for recent graduates to apply their engineering skills to innovative and sustainable water projects and to grow within a dynamic team. Responsibilities include supporting the design and implementation of water and wastewater treatment facilities, sewer systems, pipelines, and associated infrastructure, conducting site assessments, adjusting design parameters, performing water quality analyses and modeling, and contributing to technical report preparation and presentations
  • Pay: $54,517.00 - $87,235.00
  • Deadline to Apply: 3/2/2025
  • Job# 272946 
  • Click Here to Apply

**List of Internship Opportunities that can be used towards NREM Internship Experience requirement (NREM 492)**

Mālama Maunalua - Spring 2025 Internships

The Mālama Maunalua Spring 2025 Internship Program application period will open on Monday, January 6th, 2025, and will close on Friday, January 24th, 2025 at 11:59 HST

Applications are now open for our 2025 Spring Internship Program! This paid internship program is ideal for college students or recent graduates who wish to gain hands-on experience conducting research in the field. This term we are hiring interns to work on projects ranging from coral and native algae restoration, green infrastructure/stormwater runoff, education & outreach, and social media management & design. Interns will also have the opportunity to participate in volunteer events, work with partnering organizations within the Maunalua region, and conduct outreach with students & members of the community

For more information about our internship program check out our website at https://www.malamamaunalua.org/internships/.

 

Two Internships at the O‘ahu/Maui National Wildlife Refuge Complex

There is a fulltime visitor services oriented internship position available through the Student Conservation Association (SCA), January 12 – September 7, 2025. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis. Please see the flyer at https://imgur.com/a/ZGLlwh0.

There is also availability of multiple Conservation Leadership Development Program (CLDP) Kupu Interns to begin early next year. These interns will work with our biological program and will be involved in rigorous outdoor fieldwork. They are fulltime positions for approximately 10.5 months. Apply at https://www.kupuhawaii.org/conservation-leadership-development-program and be sure to select the O‘ahu National Wildlife Refuge Complex as your preferred host site.

All three of these positions come with a special or direct hiring authority upon successful completion of the program. This doesn’t guarantee a Federal job, but it does place you in a smaller pool of candidates.

Please note that the duty station for all three of these positions will be at the James Campbell National Wildlife Refuge in Kahuku, O‘ahu. Successful applicants will need reliable transportation to and from the job site.

If any questions, please email Joshua Ream at joshua_ream@fws.gov.

 

National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) - Field Ecology Intern

  • The NEON program is designed to collect long-term, open access ecological data to better understand how U.S. ecosystems are changing, from freshwater systems such as streams, rivers, and lakes to terrestrial systems spanning tropical forests to deserts to tundra (neonscience.org). We depend on our people to collect observational data and samples, to monitor automated instrumented systems that collect terrestrial and aquatic data, and to operate our airborne observation platform that captures remote sensing data of regional landscapes and vegetation to enable science for the science community. 
  • Based in Hilo, HI
  • Must be currently enrolled in a bachelor's or advanced graduate degree program in ecology, forestry, environmental or related scientific field
  • Pay: $15-$17 / hour
  • Deadline to Apply: 2/28/25
  • Click Here to Apply

 

Bishop Museum Internships

Please see https://www.bishopmuseum.org/join-and-give/volunteer/ the most up-to-date internship postings available and for instructions to apply.